Dish



Jupe 11,1935. G. s. STANLEY 2,004,449

DISH

Filed March 50, 1934 Patented June 11, 1935 r L 24694.449"; George S. Stanley,,Winni peg, ApplicationMarchBO, 1934, Serial-No. v InCanadaJanuary 7, 1935 1 3 Claims. (01. 229-43) The invention relates to improvements ina removed without materially disturbing the condish, particularly designed for containingfood tents. Q s products for human consumption and an object The dish which I have provided has the body of the inventionis to provide a closed dish of i I and the cover 2 both formed from a relatively neat and pleasing appearance andthrough which stiff yet flexible, comparatively light and trans. 5

the contained food product is clearly visible and parentmaterial such as celluloid or cellophane. in which the food product is kept free from dust, The sides 3 of the dish are slightly out-flared dirt and the like, the whole arrangement acting as shown and I have found that an oval shaped to entice a person to buy the product. dish is very pleasing in appearance and serves my A further object is to provide the dish having purpose to advantage. 10

the above features which is also light, non- The rim of the dish is supplied with a continubreakable and washable and lends itself readily ous, horizontal lying, out-turned, relatively narto the effective display of the contained product. row flange 4 and the cover has its marginal edge 'A further object isto provide a transparent for the greater part hooked as indicated at 5 to dish with a transparent cover which latter can receive theflange. It will here be observed, how- 15 be easily and quickly closed or opened and when ever, that the hook is omittedjas indicated at 6 closed virtually seals the dish and wherein the and .1 at the ends of the cover. When the cover closing or opening movement of the cover is peris in closed position, it contacts all around with mitted by'a flexing movement of the dish body. the flange! and the hooked sides of the cover A further and more detailed object 'of. the effectively hold the cover tightly in place as they 20 invention is to provide a dish body and a dish snugly receive the flange. rhisinsures that dust, cover both made from a relatively stiff yet flexidirt and so, forth is excluded positively from the; ble transparentand light material such as cellufood product contained in the dish. loid, cellophane or the like and to provide the The cover isapplied on the dish by first catchrim of the dish with an out turned flange and the ing one of the hooked sidesthereof on the flange 25 cover with a hooked edge passing for the greater at one side of the dish, then pressing the cover part therearound and adapted to be engaged with towards the dish and at the sametimasqueezing the flange by a flexing movement of the sides of the sides of thedish inwardly anamount suflithe dish body, i cient to letthe other hooked edge of the cover With the above more important objects; in receive the flangeat the other side of the dish. 30 view, the invention consists essentially in the ar- The slightsqueezing against the sides of the dish rangement and construction of parts hereinafter causes the endsFthereof to extend slightly but more particularly described, reference being had as there are no hooks at the end of the cover,

to the accompanying drawingin which: the "extending movement of the dish ends is not Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the complete interfered with. V 35 dish, the cover being in closed position. Obviously as soon as the cover of the dish has Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailed vertical crossb Seated e flange l u d, the sides sectional View t 2 .z Figure 1 of the dish can be released to expandtotheir Fig. 3 is .an enlarged detailed vertical crossnormal Position and the cover will be 9113511011 40 Sectional View at Figure 7 time very effectively secured to the dish body and 0 In the drawing like characters of reference 15 fi In very 01956 or tight Contact therewith 7 indicate corresponding parts in the different all around i figures '7 V The removal of the cover s the same opera For Selling purposes, I have found that it is tion, one first squeezing the sides of the dish invery desirable to have the food product to be sold 7 contained in a dish which has not only a neat and pleasing appearance but also permits the contained food to be seen therethrough and vir- 50, tually seals the food so that dust, dirt, and other foreign material cannot contaminate the same. servin f d Sue Further than s-1 isdesirable the standor J'ellied fish but ,of will: fa ti i oe t t fiifi t If 0f the Shopman t the 011811 b relatively contain any food product which is desired to pre- I light and non-breakable and arranged so that sent to the purchaser in a sanitary, pleasing and 55 the cover can be easily and quickly applied or inviting condition. i l

from the hook of the cover. Thereafter that side of the cover is raised and the cover is then given alateral movement to clear the other hooked side from the flange. i

wardly to release the flange at one side thereof 45 t The dish is particularly desirable for contain What I claim as my invention is:---

' 1. A dish for containing and displaying a food product comprising a body and a cover therefor, both made from a relatively thin resilient material and having the body portion provided at its rim with an out-turned flange and the cover with a hooked edge, the said hooked edge being provided With a plurality of flange-extension points thereupon and adapted to be caught on the flange by manual pressure upon the body.

2. A dish for containing and displaying a food product comprising a dish body and a cover therefor, both the body and the cover beingmade from a resilient comparatively thin material and having the body portion provided at its rim with a flange andrthe cover with an edge-turned portion, the said edge-turned portion being provided with a plurality of flange-extension spaces thereupon and adapted to be caught on the flange by manual pressure of. the body.

3. A dish for containing and displaying a food product comprising a dish body and a cover therefor, both made from a relatively thin resilient material and having the body portion provided at its rim with a flange and the cover with a flangeengaging portion, the saidflange-engaging-portion being provided with a plurality of flangeextension spaces thereupon and adapted to be engaged with the flange by manual pressure of the body.

. GEORGE S. STANLEY. 

